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Estee Lauder is an iconic American public company founded in 1946 in New York city with revenues over USD10 billion in 2013. Using a wide range of famous brands such as a Clinique, Clarin, Revlon, and Mac, they manufacture and market skincare, makeup, fragrance and hair care products worldwide.

Fabrizio leads the IT organisation for the Asia region and in this roll he is responsible for delivering technical solutions to support day-to-day business operations in an increasingly connected consumer environment. During this Startup Grind event we are looking forward to learning more about the IT trends and developments from within a multinational company. We'll also look at in-store IT solutions, or how the future of consumer retailing will be affected by further implementation of technological solutions. We can discuss the use of online channels and discuss what's involved in expanding and the challenges in the Chinese market. For those of you that are working on new business ideas, we will also touch the topic of how small startups can be benificial to global companies and what problems are out there to be cracked by your team.

Join us November 24 from 1pm at The Strand Beer Café for a get together with Fabrizio Zanardo. We start with the traditional pizza and sandwich lunch complemented by free drinks including hand crafted Strand Beer. Tickets are available online for RMB60 and at the door for RMB75. RSVP early for this event, limited seats available!

[caption id="attachment_63208" align="aligncenter" width="940" style="margin-bottom: 1em"] The many faces of Chinese entrepreneurs in Guangzhou - Taking a lunch break while the sign shows the type of 2nd hand products he is interested in buying. Isn't this a great example of a Minimal Viable Product (MVP)? One sign and one chair and you are in the market. MVPs can be that simple![/caption]

About the Author

Carel van Apeldoorn

Carel is CEO and cofounder of Ink361.com, the leading web based Instagram photo sharing network. Carel is a serial entrepreneur and holds a MSc degree of the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He has worked in investment banking prior to becoming an entrepreneur and has founded three successful companies over the last 12 years.